I asked my Intro to Info Tech prof whether she knew if the symbol on many power buttons is based on the 1s and 0s of digital coding fame, where 1=ON and 0=OFF. She looked at me like I am some sort of freak, which I don’t deny, and then couldn’t give me a real answer.
What do you think? Anyone? Anyone?
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I bought tickets for Star Wars, and I'm thrilled about it no matter what the critics have to say. I've always known the movies aren't great cinema, but I love the series anyway. I feel lucky to have been a little kid in 1977. I didn't notice then that the dialog is totally corny--I noticed space heroes and fighting and flying and romance and Harrison Ford. (I did notice recently, however, that Han Solo is still very appealing to me. AND that I am now older than Harrison Ford was when he played Solo. Gulp.)
So Teddy and I will be at the theater Friday at 5:50, popcorn in hand. He'll be thrilled to see the ships and droids and battles and General Grievous. I'll just be thrilled.
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I believe that the "power symbol" is a combination of two electrical engenering symbols- a circle indicating off (switch is open, circuit incomplete) and a line (switch is closed, circuit is complete). Thus the power button indicates that this is the button to both complete the circuit and to disengage it.
Sorry if I burst your bubble. I turn things on for a living.
--Marisa
people too
:-)
ACK! Get a room! : )
Thanks, Marisa. My bubble is indeed burst, but I've learned something, so it's okay.
I second babelbabe... ACK and ick... have fun on that vacation, and David, don't EVER say things like that in the permanent form of the internet again.
Oh, you guys! I think you should give David a break--he included the obligatory smiley face, after all.
[Read in the pseudo-European voice of that lady from the old Pantene commercial] Don't hate him because he's lovey-dovey. :-)
yeah, give it ten years. Then he'll be handing out backhanded compliments like my husband, such as, "You couldn't get anymore attractive." : )
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